EP 1208396 B1 20031008 - AN OPTICAL FIBER SPLICING ELEMENT AND A PROCESS FOR SPLICING FIBERS
Title (en)
AN OPTICAL FIBER SPLICING ELEMENT AND A PROCESS FOR SPLICING FIBERS
Title (de)
ELEMENT UND VERFAHREN ZUM SPLEISSEN VON OPTISCHEN FASERN
Title (fr)
ELEMENT ET METHODE POUR EPISSURER DES FIBRES OPTIQUES
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 0024292 W 20000831
- US 39011299 A 19990903
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO0118581A1] The invention relates to the art of optical fiber splicing. More particularly, the invention pertains to methods of splicing optical fibers with other optical fibers or optical waveguides. The invention provides optical fiber splicing elements useful for coupling optical fibers and for alignment of optical fibers with waveguides. The spling elements allow for accurate lateral and longitudinal alignment and improved collinearity of spliced optical fibers, achieving low coupling loss. The invention provides a process of splicing optical fibers comprising: A) providing an optical fiber splicing element comprising a substrate and at least one optical fiber gripper on the substrate, wherein said gripper comprises adjacent parallel, polymeric strips each having a base attached to a surface of the substrate, a top surface in a plane parallel to the substrate, and side walls which form a groove between adjacent strips; and B) juxtapositioning complementary ends of first and second optical fibers in the groove.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G02B 6/24 (2006.01); G02B 6/30 (2006.01); G02B 6/36 (2006.01); G02B 6/38 (2006.01); G02B 6/12 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP KR US)
G02B 6/24 (2013.01 - KR); G02B 6/30 (2013.01 - EP US); G02B 6/3636 (2013.01 - EP US); G02B 6/3652 (2013.01 - EP US); G02B 6/3806 (2013.01 - EP US); G02B 6/364 (2013.01 - EP US); G02B 6/3692 (2013.01 - EP US); G02B 2006/1215 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (examination)
US 4111522 A 19780905 - AURACHER FRANZ, et al
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 0118581 A1 20010315; AT E251762 T1 20031015; AU 7982800 A 20010410; CA 2383552 A1 20010315; CN 1178085 C 20041201; CN 1387629 A 20021225; DE 60005848 D1 20031113; DE 60005848 T2 20040812; EP 1208396 A1 20020529; EP 1208396 B1 20031008; IL 148226 A0 20020912; JP 2003508815 A 20030304; JP 4663940 B2 20110406; KR 20020039336 A 20020525; TW I245137 B 20051211; US 6266472 B1 20010724
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 0024292 W 20000831; AT 00970448 T 20000831; AU 7982800 A 20000831; CA 2383552 A 20000831; CN 00815307 A 20000831; DE 60005848 T 20000831; EP 00970448 A 20000831; IL 14822600 A 20000831; JP 2001522116 A 20000831; KR 20027002552 A 20020227; TW 89118084 A 20000902; US 39011299 A 19990903